Example sentences of "[conj] it is [adj] for " in BNC.

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1 Where it is necessary for a company , for example , to pass a resolution to promote legislation , it is useful to include an authority for one or two persons to settle drafting points , and this is especially necessary at the committee stage before commissioners , when decisions sometimes have to be made on the spur of the moment .
2 Where it is necessary for any goods to be sent by post please make allowance for this in your remittance .
3 A deficiency in calcium would be disastrous in growing horses , where it is essential for bone formation .
4 They can be formed on land near the sea , in shallow lakes or indeed anywhere where it is possible for a large volume of water to find its way into the volcanic vent .
5 The treaty will probably include a clause on ‘ subsidiarity ’ , the principle that the Community should act only on issues where it is inappropriate for decisions to be taken by national governments .
6 Although the great majority of birds are monogamous , there are plenty of species — particularly among the grouse , sandpipers , manakins , birds of paradise and cotingas — where it is common for males to have two or even more mates .
7 Prostitution is widespread , an integral part of a highly poverty-ridden and machista society , where it is common for adolescent boys to be taken by relatives to a brothel for their sexual initiation .
8 We need to create an atmosphere in residential work where it is OK for workers , male and female , to feel — to feel fear , anger , love and sexual arousal .
9 Sometimes it is due to muddy ground where it is difficult for players to get a good grip with their studs , or by a player slipping in the front row .
10 The problem arises mainly in the South , where it is customary for sellers to appoint several agents .
11 if the driver is prevented from proceeding by circumstances beyond his control or it is necessary for him to stop in order to avoid an accident- or
12 However , if the department or faculty you are interested in is not listed , or it is impossible for you to come on the given dates , then we will do our best to arrange an individual visit for you provided you give us plenty of advance notice .
13 Second , even where this is the case , no warranty is implied if the circumstances show that the buyer does not rely , or it is unreasonable for him to rely , on the skill or judgment of the seller in deciding whether or not the goods are in fact suitable for that purpose .
14 To pursue the point , although it is normal for regulated companies and publicly owned companies to face little competition , if they were replaced by some other structure it is not clear that competition would develop .
15 Although it is illegal for native wild birds to be sold in the EC , the United States and Japan ( the primary destinations ) , no action has been taken by the authorities .
16 It is possible to make a confidential complaint or include confidential annexes in complaints , although it is rare for the Commission to act on a complaint which is not disclosed to the other party .
17 Although it is rare for medieval finds to be at such a shallow depth in woodland , the ( amongst other finds ) proves that the older objects can be recovered .
18 Thus , although it is preferable for a definite noun phrase to be assigned a referent , a failure to do so does not justify rejecting the reading altogether ( if that were done , then , for example , the initial sentence ‘ John put a bowl on the floor ’ would be rejected as incoherent ) .
19 For this reason , although it is possible for an armchair academic like me to imagine a number of very profitable working experiments taking place involving length of schooling , age of entry and patterns of teacher deployment , in fact such controlled experiments are not common .
20 Our simulations indicate that , although it is possible for such an iron object to reproduce the Tunguska event , an encounter speed in the range 30–40kms -1 is required .
21 Although it is possible for such a person to claim community charge benefit during that time , thus reducing his or her liability by up to 80 per cent. , we accept that the administrative burden imposed on both the individual and the charging authorities is unnecessarily heavy .
22 Although it is usual for expatriates to rent housing abroad , some company compensation packages allow for property to be purchased .
23 These Goblin are known as Doom Divers , although it is usual for other ( saner ) Goblins to call them bat-winged loonies .
24 Although it is usual for children to be asked to write out errors a number of times , this does n't often improve their spelling , because repetitive copying does not involve the use of visual memory .
25 Although it is desirable for the clearinghouses to be able to distribute or lend material , it is not essential .
26 She said : ‘ I am enjoying it although it is difficult for me with the customers as I do n't know the shop . ’
27 Now it will not always be the case that it is optimal for the less risk-averse party to take on all the risk .
28 However , it will certainly be true that it is optimal for a risk-neutral party to take all risk from a risk-averse party ( try A or B bargaining with C ) and it would seem sensible that a more risk-averse party should optimally take on less of the risk than a less risk-averse one .
29 Given the B's believe that A uses this strategy , we will show that it is optimal for A to use this strategy .
30 We now describe A 's optimal response to B t 's behaviour and show that it is optimal for A to use the simple form of strategy first postulated .
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